haxies, docklings, etc. - which are useful?

[edX]

it seems like somebody is constantly coming out with a new haxie. some seemed suited to a wide variety of users, some to only specialized use, and some i can't even grasp what they do. what are some of the ones you find useful and why? Here's a few of mine -

Show Desktop - this hides all open apps with a single click on it's dock icon.i just recently discovered it and now think it is one of the most useful ones i have.

Dock Switcher - now that it has a true dockling and menu bar switcher, i think this multiple dock haxie is the best. of course i thought that when i bought it and am now even more convince. but i haven't checked out others recently either.

Classic Spy - i still use classic ocassionally and it's nice to have a reminder that i have it open. if i do, it keeps me from putting off some task in a classic app since i won't have to wait for launching. or i can remember to turn it off and get back some speed.


I used to love ASM, but the change to a $15 cost has brought me around to learning to rely on the dock more. that and dock switcher's menu list. i'd gladly pay $5 for it, maybe $10, but going from free to $15 seems pretty greedy to me. anybody who wants write an equivilent and price it appropriately will have my money. of course, i really wish apple would just bring it back as an a pref option to accomadate their upgraders from os 9.

[Giaguara]

Metallifizer. It allows you to switch on / off the metal look of any cocoa app. (iTunes is carbon) so if you get tired of Safari's etc metal or want metallic mail.app, try that. (But you can do that with the devp' tools..)

Windowshade X. This allows you to play with the transparencies. Takes more ram to play .. but looks cooler, maybe. But you can add alpha level to your system with devp' tools..

[adambyte]

PTHiTunesNotifier- you know how at the beginning of music videos they always put the artist/song/track/etc. info? Well, this will do the same thing for your iTunes that are playing in the background. The song info displays in a little transparent box that you can format and place however you like. Very classy.
http://pth.com/Products/index.html

[boi]

i second pthitunes notifier. the latest version is awesome with different transitions and hotkeys.

virtual desktop: multiple desktops. can't live without it.

soundOut: menu bar app for switching the output target for your sound. i'm constantly switching between speakers/headphones/soundsticks, so this app is fantastic for me.

spy: the best cpu viewer imo. simple and elegant. belongs in my menubar now.

windowshade: i second this one as well. very useful until i got...

minimize in place: part of jaguar that got scrapped, i use it constantly.

[Racer D]

Synergy - controlling iTunes via hotkeys (from any proggy) or menu bar. I use F9 - show song info, F10 - back, F11 - pause, F12 - forward Couldn't live without it

menu meters - cpu, HDD, i-net and ram info in my menu bar

both on versiontracker.com

[toast]

Konfabulator widget called NewsWidget - display BBC, Wired, VersTracker and many others on a little floating window. The iTunes controller is good too.

TinkerTool is fine too.
Some haxies such as Labels X and Windowshade are great too. Although I'm fighting to make my system as light as possible.

[powermac]

Konfabulator is great, very useful. Check out the post here and on Apple's pages about enabling the PDF button on Print Manager. I have found that to be very useful.

[cybergoober]

Dockprefs-- Useful, especially if you have a multi-button mouse (or don't mind Control-clicking). Shows a list of installed prefpanes in System Preferences via Dock menu. Quick access to prefs.